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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1909.

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JOHAN MORRIS, OF SYKESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed August 2, 1909. Serial No. 510,744.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHAN Mourns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sykesville, in the county of Jefferson, State-ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tables, and has for one of its objects toprovide a simply constructed table having a novel construction ofstandard or base, which not only firmly supports the table top portion,but presents an ornamental appearance and is a useful structure.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrativeof the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the improved table. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The improved device comprises a main standard formed in two parts 10-11placed side by side, and with a cap 12 fitting over the standards andthus operating to not only hold the upper ends of the standard membersin position, but also to provide means for the attachment of the tabletop 13. The table top is rigidly secured to the cap 12 by screws orother suitable fastening devices 14, as shown.

The lower ends of the standard members 10-11 are reversely inclined asshown at 15-16, and the standard members are likewise provided withtransverse gains or recesses 17-18 near their lower ends, the recessesbeing located opposite each other, as shown. Formed in the confrontingfaces of the members 10-11 intermediate their ends are gains or recesses19-20.

Fitting through the recesses 19-20 are transverse members 21-22,arranged in superimposed relations, these members having gains orrecesses 23-24 in their confronting faces and of greater length than thethickness of the standard members 11-10, and fitting through theserecesses are other transverse members 25-26 arranged side by side. Themembers 25-26 are likewise provided with gains or recesses 27-28 whichfit around the standard members 10-11. By this means an effectuallocking device is produced by which the members 10-11 are firmly united.

Fitting through the grains or recesses 17-18 are relatively longhorizontal members 29-30 arranged in superimposed relations and likewiseprovided with gains or recesses 31-32 in their confronting faces, thelatter recesses being of greater length than the width of the standardmembers 10-11, and extending through the recesses 31-32 are otherrelatively long members 33-34 arranged side by side and with gains orrecesses 35-36 in their confronting faces and bearing around thestandard members 10-11. By this means the standard members 10-11 arestill further locked and supported near their lower ends.

The members 29-30 are provided near their outer ends with gains orrecesses 37-38 and 39-40, while the members 33-34 are provided withsimilar gains or recesses 41-42 and 43-44 near their outer ends, thesegains or recesses being similar to those in the other members abovereferred to.

Fitting through the recesses 37-38 of the members 29-30 are horizontalmembers 45-46, these latter members being provided with gains 01'recesses 47-48 of greater length than the thickness of the members29-30, and fitting through the recesses 47-48 are vertical members53-54, the latter being provided with recesses 55-56 in theirconfronting faces which fit around the members 29-30. The opposite endsof the members 29-30 are provided with vertical members 49-50 andhorizontal members 57-58 similar to the members 45-46 and 53-54, and themembers 33-34 are likewise provided with similar members 59-60 and 61-62at one end and with members 63-64 and 65-66 at their other ends, asshown. The various horizontal and vertical members above noted areprecisely alike, as shown. The lower ends of the vertical members areuniform, so that they form supports or feet for the standard 10-11, asshown in Fig. 1. The transverse members 29-30 and 33-34 together withtheir interlocked shorter members thus form a support for the standardmembers, and prevent lateral movement thereof.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be strongly andinexpensively manufactured, and not only forms a very substantial tablesupport, but is likewise highly ornamental and attractive in appearance.The material employed may be of any required quality, and woods ofdifferent color and quality may be used for the difierent parts.

The improved device may be of any required size, and the table topmember 13 may be of any desired from or size. The terminals of all ofthe members are reversely inclined as shown, to improve the appearanceof the supporting members.

The members 2122 and 2526 constitute one set of the locking members, andone member of each set of the locking members is formed with the portionbetween one of its recesses and the end of the member idetachable asshown respectively at 51, to enable the parts to be assembled.

The detachable portions are secured to the members by screws or otherfastening devices 52. 7

What is claimed is The combination in a table, of a vertical standardcomprising a pair of vertical members, disposed face to face, and havingrecesses in their confronting faces, a table top supported upon saidstandard, a pair of relatively long transverse members arranged oneabove the other and fitting through the recesses of the standard membersand provided with recesses in their confronting faces near the ends andwith other recesses intermediate the end recesses thereof, another pairof relatively long transverse members arranged side by side and fittingthrough the intermediate recesses of the first mentioned pair oftransverse members and provided with recesses fitting around thestandard members, one of said transverse members having a detachableportion be tween its intermediate recess and one of the end recessesthereof, a detachable portion externally of one of the outer recesses,and fastening means for said detachable portions.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHAN Monnrs.

Witnesses:

M. W. BARCLAY, JULIET BARCLAY.

